That seems unnecessarily harsh to me. I played in a tournament where shared second place was taken by a player with 4/5, three wins and two byes. I played in a student event once when a cash board prize went to somebody scoring 4.5 out of 6. Four defaults and a draw. That is pretty amazing :lol:

He was always a bit of a rogue (his double crossing of Korchnoi referred to above should certainly not be forgotten, VLK never forgot it for sure) but up until the 1980s it was possible to argue the positive stuff he achieved for British chess still counted for more. When did the real descent into t...